One of the most brilliant and best-loved poets of the last century, Seamus Heaney, died in hospital in Dublin today. He was 74. The Nobel Prize-winning writer had suffered a short illness, his family ...

For many, the holidays are a time to rekindle connections with family and friends. Sometimes that means thinking about the influences of those we’ve lost. For Atlantic writer Caitlin Flanagan — who ...

Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney celebrates the humanity of Joyce's vision. He distinguishes his own pastoral Northern Irish voice from that of Joyce, the urban internationalist.

Writer Caitlin Flanagan’s friendship with Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney profoundly shaped her life and her Catholic faith. She writes about their bond in The Atlantic. Writer Caitlin ...

It’s ordinarily only the famous who first approach a nonfiction book by thumbing through the index, looking for their own name. Unfamous, I nevertheless found myself doing just that this past summer ...

BOLOGNA, ITALY - APRIL 03: Irish author Seamus Heaney, recipient of 1995 Nobel prize for Literature, attends the celebrations about centenary of italian author Giovanni Pascoli for University of ...